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I am aware chickens don't need to be insulated for most of you guys, but up here it gets real cold at night, and I rather be safe than sorry! what would be the best insulation to use? does it matter? also... I want to instal some sort of heating system, any suggestions?

so we know skunks, raccoons, foxes, coyotes, hawks, dogs, cats... will potentially kill a chicken... we have a LOT of porcupines here this year, are they a threat too?

we have farmers nearby who have bird boomers to protect their crops... do you think the bangs will scare my birds at all? is there a way to get them used to the sounds? They are rather LOUD! (i don't mind them, rather have safe crops than no crops)

oyster shells... they are for calcium, right? can any other shell be used? say you live by a river and the otters use your shore line as a deposit station for their hundreds and hundreds of clam shells... could those be used for anything by chance? lol. We already crush and add to the...

my husband is thoroughly grossed out by the idea of having chicken poop laying around for months on end :/ lol, I told him we could clean it out twice a year if that would make him feel better, but he still doesn't find it appealing at all. so... how do I convince him that it's not as gross...

title says it all! We are working hard on starting up our new little hobby farm, and thinking about names like crazy! Still haven't found the perfect one though How did you guys come up with your farm's name?

so I am new to this whole chicken thing, haven't yet gotten birds, or even converted the old shed into the coop, lol I do have a big concern though. The coop won't have electricity, and I have no way of getting it there. It won't have running water either (although that one doesn't worry me as...

hey there duck people! Today we got the ok from our township for the raising of livestock, including poultry. We have researched the heck out of chickens, but then it dawned on me, why not get ducks too???!!!! I have a few questions. Are ducks complicated? Can they live alongside chickens...

hey everyone! so here's the deal. We just bought this awesome property in a small village called Foxboro, just north of Belleville. Well, apparently it actually IS part of Belleville, but we're calling it Foxboro cause that sounds cooler, lol. Our land is just shy of 6 acres, backing onto a...